Plants and Pipettes

It's autumn! We just came back from a trip to Berlin's botanical garden and record for the first time ever remotely – so forgive us for any technical hiccups. This week, we got a bit lost in a long discussion about the usefulness of committees as safeguards concerning ethical questions and we promise that we're usually not that angry.

We talk quite a bit about airports in the beginning but actually this episode is about CRISPR (yay!), favourite plants (yaaaaaayyy!) and fun stuff (yyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy!). It's a good episode.

Tegan was wearing beautiful earrings. Unfortunately for you, they happen to make a nice little clinking sound that you might or might not pick up from the recording. Also I had terrible discipline in touching noisy wrapping paper. We're terribly sorry, but the episode is worth it, I promise. 😘

Oh no, GMO! Did you know that your GMO-free peanuts are far from being free from transgenes? Also they're full of chemicals, most of which are taken up by the body and used in the human metabolism. Beware the mighty peanut!

You are your own lucksmith so you're to blame for tuning in on this very good episode. it is very good. We talk about swans, staudenmarkt and special moss stuff.

We are not only achievers in science, we are officially high achievers in science. Don't believe us? Ask Stefanie, she'll tell you. This week we bring you research on agrivoltaics, facts about tulips and two tired podcasters. Please enjoy.

This week we talk about cool light assembling proteins, shrimp plants and cats in backpacks.

We're busy with applying for jobs and still we're making more episodes for you. Aren't we nice? We're really nice. Plants are also nice and so is plant research. We talk about plant research so this podcast is also nice.

What? Another episode? I thought we were done with episodes. Okay okay, here we go again. Plant science. We love it. You love us. You must love plant science.

If you are a plant you are probably indifferent to podcasts. So I'll just assume you're a human with ears who also likes podcasts. Boy, are you in for a treat because this here is a new episode of a podcast. What a coincidence! We talk about plant research and non-plant research. Excited? We are too!

Hello and welcome to another podcast episode. We talk about antagonistic patronuseses, thoroughly researched favourite plants and so many fun facts. Like so many, I can't even count them.

For the first half, Tegan is pretty much eating ice cream and Joram is talking about plant science to himself – and to you people out there. So be kind and support Joram in his struggle and listen to his tales. You might also have ice cream to go with it.

What is more fun than talking about molecular research? I hope you're shouting now "diving deep into the horrors of the climate crisis!" because you're right. In this fun and upbeat episode we wonder whether we can stop the climate crisis by planting trees. Can you guess the answer?

This week, we're finding out whether old or new wheat varieties do better on low quality soil. Tegan tells how not to get murdered and we spent a lot of time on being annoyed by sexist advertising (but there's hope!) Have fun and let us know in the comments, twitter or facebook what you think of the stuff we discuss.

Joram took an electric scooter through the best city in the world to join Tegan in her kitchen for yet another episode about plants and pipettes and things that are fun.

Friday, Friday we get down on Friday, Saturday is the next day and Sunday comes afterwards! Oh, and a new podcast episode. This time, we were a little bit rambly but we managed to cover everything important. And the windows was also open because we had like four million degrees inside, scientifically speaking.

Despite a MASSIVE thunderstorm we came together and recorded episode 10 for you guys. Aren't we great? Yes, we are.

This week, Joram is nerding out about Harry Bittercress, the newest star on the firmament of young adult research articles. Tegan's favourite plant is super slick and super endangered and then we have an app for you and some feline fun facts. If you don't listen to this episode, then someone else will, so be prepared!

Pennycress is a promising crop to gap the off-time between soy and corn during winter. Pennycress withstands cold climates and offers a new way to sustainably protect soil from erosion while at the same time containing commercially valuable oils. Having presented the work on the blog, we had the chance to talk to Ratan Chopra, researcher at the university of Minnesota, about his work domesticating...

This week, we're talking about research on Saffron and on a crouching dragon protein. Plus cool plant photos and crossing into the wild. Oh, and we have a new favourite plant.

Again, we brought you two papers. Paper one discusses the antimetabolite 7dSh and its mode of function. In paper two, Tegan presents the role of DNA degradation in organelles in old leaves and what role it plays for phosphor and nitrogen recycling.

Did you ever wonder how ferns used to control their stomata? Or how plants spring back to life after being dehydrated in the desert? We got some of the answers! On top of that, we listen to pine cone disintegration, gaze at microjets from citrus peel and present our favourite plant to you!

In this episode, we embark to discover seed germination determination through heat shock factor proteins and we will answer the age old question "Is Junk DNA really Junk?!?"

How do plants recognise their kin, as in their brothers and sisters growing next to them? And how do plants know that winter is over and it's time to bolt and make some flowers? We try to answer these questions and on top of that, Tegan has a new favourite plant for you. Plus fun! Plus Science! It's the whole package!

In this episode, we explore nitrogen cycles on grazed fields and how researchers found a shortcut to circumvent photorespiration.